Confederation of African Football
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| Formation | 1957 |
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| Type | Sports organization |
| Headquarters | Cairo, Egypt |
| Membership | 55 member associations |
| Official languages | French, English and Arabic |
| Secretary General | Moustafa Fahmy |
| President | Issa Hayatou |
| Website | http://www.cafonline.com/ |
The Confédération Africaine de Football (English: African Football Confederation), (Arabic: الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم) is the administrative and controlling body for African football. It is almost always referred to by its acronym CAF (usually pronounced /kæf/).
CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs continental national and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those competitions.
CAF is one of the biggest of six continental confederations of FIFA. Although it is just three years younger than the UEFA, CAF still has a long way to go in order to improve the quality of the national and local competitions, and therefore, overcome a lot of naturally occurring obstacles, or other burdens such as; limited resources and either complete or partial lack of infrastructures, besides the high cost of transportation through different sides of the continent. Nevertheless, Africa produced skilled players and teams that match, and sometimes exceed Europeans, but, these isolated cases should not be self-deceptive into believing that Africa have achieved European standards in all the domains of football. CAF has been given 5 slots out of the 32 available since the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France and increased to 6 in 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
CAF was founded on 8 February 1957 in Khartoum, Sudan by the Egyptian, Ethiopian, South African and Sudanese FAs, following former discussions between the Egyptian, South African and Sudanese FAs earlier in 7 June 1956 in Avenida Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal. The headquarters were few months in Khartoum until a fire outbreak in the offices of the Sudanese Football Association when the organization moved to Cairo. Youssef Mohammad was the first General Secretary and Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem the president. Its administrative center since 2002 is in 6th of October City, Cairo. It was initially made up of 4 national associations. Currently there are 55 associations, 53 full members beside Réunion Island and Zanzibar as associates. (see the bottom of this page or List of CAF national football teams).
The current CAF President is Issa Hayatou.
[edit] History
[edit] CAF President
- Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem (Egypt) 1957-1958
- Gen. Abdel Aziz Mostafa (Egypt) 1958-1968
- Dr. Abdel Halim Mohamed (Sudan) 1968-1972
- Ydnekatchew Tessema (Ethiopia) 1972-1987
- Dr. Abdel Halim Mohamed (Sudan) 1987-1988
- Issa Hayatou (Cameroon) 1988- Present
[edit] General Secretaries
- Youssef Mohamed (Egypt) 1957-1958
- Mustafa Kamel Mansour (Egypt) 1958-1961
- Mourad Fahmy (Egypt) 1961-1982
- Mustapha Fahmy (Egypt) 1982- present
[edit] Honorary Presidents
- Gen. Abdel Aziz Mostafa (Egypt) +
- Ydnekatchew Tessema (Ethiopia) +
- Dr. Abdel Halim Mohamed (Sudan)
[edit] Honorary Members
- Mourad Fahmy (Egypt) +
- Ram Ruhee (Mauritius)
- Tom Mtine (Zambia)
- Anani Matthia (Togo)
- Rito Alcantara (Senegal) +
- Saidi El Maamry (Tanzania)
- Nfamara Camara (Guinea)
[edit] General Assembly
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- CAF General Assembly meetings
- 1st Ordinary General Assembly in Lisbon , 7-8 June 1956
- 2nd Ordinary General Assembly in Khartoum , 8 February 1957
- 3rd Ordinary General Assembly in Stockholm , June 1958
- 4th Ordinary General Assembly in Cairo , 27 May 1959
- 1st Extraordinary General Assembly in Rome , 21 August 1960
- 2nd Extraordinary General Assembly in Cairo , 16-17 February 1961
- 5th Ordinary General Assembly in Addis Ababa , 16-17 January 1962
- 3rd Extraordinary General Assembly in Cairo , 23-24 January 1963
- 6th Ordinary General Assembly in Accra , 14-15 November 1963
- 4th Extraordinary General Assembly in Tokyo , 7 October 1964
- 7th Ordinary General Assembly in Tunis , 11 November 1965
- 5th Extraordinary General Assembly in London , 11 July 1966
- 8th Ordinary General Assembly in Addis Ababa , 10 January 1968
- 9th Ordinary General Assembly in Khartoum , 5 February 1970
- 6th Extraordinary General Assembly in Mexico , 18 June 1970
- 10th Ordinary General Assembly in Yaounde , 21-22 February, 3 March 1972
- 11th Ordinary General Assembly in Cairo , 26 February 1974
- 12th Ordinary General Assembly in Addis Ababa , 26 February 1976
- 13th Ordinary General Assembly in Accra , 2 march 1978
- 14th Ordinary General Assembly in Lagos , 6 march 1980
- 15th Ordinary General Assembly in Tripoli , 3-4 March 1982
- 16th Ordinary General Assembly in Abidjan , 1 st March 1984
- 17th Ordinary General Assembly in Cairo , 5 March 1986
- 18th Ordinary General Assembly in Casablanca , 10 March 1988
- 19th Ordinary General Assembly in Algiers , 29 February 1990
- 20th Ordinary General Assembly in Dakar , 10 January 1992
- 21st Ordinary General Assembly in Tunis , 23 March 1994
- 22nd Ordinary General Assembly in Johannesburg , 11 January 1996
- 23rd Ordinary General Assembly in Ouagadougou , 5 February 1998
- 24th Ordinary General Assembly in Accra , 19 January 2000
- 25th Ordinary General Assembly in Tunis , January 2004
- 7th Extraordinary General Assembly in Paris , 19 May 2004
- 26th Ordinary General Assembly in Marrakech, 11 September 2005
- 27th Ordinary General Assembly in Cairo, 18 January 2006
- 28th ordinary General Assembly in Khartoum, 10 February 2007
- 29th ordinary General Assembly in Accra, 17-18 January 2008
[edit] Competitions
[edit] Continental
The main competition for men's national teams is the African Cup of Nations, started in 1957. In 2009, CAF will be organising another competition for men's national teams, the African Nations Championship composed exclusively of national players playing in the national championship. CAF also runs national competitions at Under-21 and Under-17 levels. For women's national teams, CAF operates the CAF Women's Championship for senior national sides and the CAF Women's Under-20 Championship at under-20 level, since 2008 there is a CAF Women's Under-17 Championship for under-17 sides.
CAF also organizes the UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup with UEFA for youth teams.
In futsal there is the African Futsal Championship.
In Beach soccer there is the CAF Beach Soccer Championship.
Also, CAF is responsible for organisation of the football events during the Pan African Games.
[edit] Club
CAF also runs the two main club competitions in Africa: the CAF Champions League was first held in 1964, and was known as the African Cup of Champions Clubs (or just African Cup) until 1997; and the CAF Confederation Cup, for national cup winners and high-placed league teams, was launched by CAF in 2004 as a successor to the African Cup Winners' Cup (begun in 1975). A third competition, the CAF Cup, started in 1992 and was absorbed into the CAF Confederation Cup in 2004[1].
The CAF Super Cup, which pits the winners of the Champions League against the winners of the CAF Confederation Cup (previously the winners of the Cup Winners' Cup), came into being in 1992.
[edit] CAF Members
[edit] Regional Federations
[edit] Non-regional Members
[edit] Council for East and Central Africa Football Association (CECAFA)
[edit] Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA)
[edit] Union des Fédérations du Football de l' Afrique Centrale (UNIFAC)
[edit] Union du Football de l' Ouest Afrique (UFOA)
[edit] Union of North African Federations (UNAF)
1: CAF associate member, but non-FIFA member.
[edit] CAF Regional Zones
[edit] CAF Zone 1 - Northern Zone
[edit] CAF Zone 2 - Western Zone A
[edit] CAF Zone 3 - Western Zone B
[edit] CAF Zone 4 - Central Zone
[edit] CAF Zone 5 - Central Eastern Zone
[edit] CAF Zone 6 - Southern Zone
[edit] World Cup Participation and Results
The following CAF members have competed in the following FIFA World Cups. Teams are sorted by number of appearances.
- Legend
- QF – Quarterfinals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and since 1986: knockout round of 8; 1974–1978, second group stage, final 8)
- R2 – Round 2 (1982: second group stage, final 12; since 1986: knockout round of 16)
- R1 – Round 1
- HC - Hosting country
| Team |  1930 |
 1934 |
 1938 |
 1950 |
 1954 |
 1958 |
 1962 |
 1966 |
 1970 |
 1974 |
 1978 |
 1982 |
1986 |
 1990 |
 1994 |
1998 |
  2002 |
2006 |
 2010 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cameroon |
R1 | QF | R1 | R1 | R1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
 Morocco |
R1 | R2 | R1 | R1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
 Tunisia |
R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
 Nigeria |
R2 | R2 | R1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa |
R1 | R1 | HC | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Algeria |
R1 | R1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
 Egypt |
R1 | R1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
 Angola |
R1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Congo DR1 |
R1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Côte d'Ivoire |
R1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Ghana |
R2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Senegal |
QF | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Togo |
R1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 32 |
1 Made 1 appearance as 
Zaire in 1974.
[edit] Rankings
[edit] Top 10 National Teams
Rankings are calculated by FIFA based on matches played over the last four years.[2]
| CAF | FIFA | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 | Cameroon |
855 |
| 2 | 30 | Nigeria |
770 |
| 3 | 36 | Ghana |
750 |
| 4 | 38 | Côte d'Ivoire |
745 |
| 5 | 40 | Egypt |
719 |
| 6 | 48 |  Gabon |
616 |
| 7 | 50 |  Burkina Faso |
608 |
| 8 | 51 | Tunisia |
597 |
| 9 | 53 |  Guinea |
586 |
| 10 | 54 |  Mali |
583 |
[edit] Top 10 Women's National Teams
Rankings are calculated by FIFA based on matches played over the last four years.[3]
| CAF | FIFA | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 | Nigeria |
1652 |
| 2 | 44 | Ghana |
1523 |
| 3 | 54 | South Africa |
1408 |
| 4 | 62 | Morocco |
1359 |
| 5 | 66 | Algeria |
1344 |
| 6 | 68 |  Equatorial Guinea |
1338 |
| 7 | 70 | Côte d'Ivoire |
1334 |
| 8 | 72 | Tunisia |
1319 |
| 9 | 73 | Cameroon |
1300 |
| 10 | 75 | Mali |
1282 |
[edit] Top 20 African Clubs
Rankings are calculated by the IFFHS based on matches played over the last year till the date of release.[4]
| CAF | IFFHS | Club | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 41 | Al Ahly Sporting Club |
158.0 |
| 2 | 71 | Étoile Sportive du Sahel |
136.5 |
| 3 | 80 | Enyimba International F.C. |
131.0 |
| 4 | 95 | Cotonsport FC de Garoua |
124.5 |
| 5 | 97 |  Al-Merreikh |
123.5 |
| 6 | 102 |  Dynamos F.C. |
120.5 |
| 7 | 110 | Al-Hilal Omdurman |
113.0 |
| 8 | 115 | Zamalek Sporting Club |
112.0 |
| 9 | 122 | Club Africain |
107.0 |
| 10 | 132 | Mamelodi Sundowns FC |
103.5 |
| 11 | 142 | Haras El Hodood |
99.0 |
| 12 | 152 | Club Sportif Sfaxien |
96.5 |
| 13 | 172 | Asante Kotoko |
90.0 |
| 14 | 179 | ASEC Mimosas |
88.0 |
| 15 | 193 | Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie |
86.0 |
| 16 | 196 | Olympique Club de Khouribga |
84.5 |
| 17 | 213 | Grupo Desportivo Interclube |
81.5 |
| 18 | 225 |  Al-Ittihad Tripoli |
79.0 |
| 19 | 251 | Forces Armées Royales Rabat |
75.0 |
| 20 | 261 | Platinum Stars |
74.0 |
[edit] CAF overall ranking of African Clubs
Rankings are calculated by the CAF based on points gathered by African teams throughout their participation in international club tournaments organized by either the FIFA or the CAF since the establishment of the first African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1964.[5]
| CAF | Club | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Ahly Sporting Club |
74.0 |
| 2 | Étoile Sportive du Sahel |
50.0 |
| 3 | Zamalek Sporting Club |
48.0 |
| 4 | Asante Kotoko |
44.0 |
| 5 | ASEC Mimosas |
42.0 |
| 6 | Espérance Sportive de Tunis |
42.0 |
| 7 | Canon Sportif de Yaoundé |
36.0 |
| 8 | Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie |
35.0 |
| 9 | Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club |
31.0 |
| 10 | Africa Sports National |
30.0 |
[edit] CAF Best Footballers Of The Century
The voting to select the best of the century refers to three categories: male player[6], goalkeeper[7] and female player[8], and is obtained from five different steps. The resulting best players and goalkeepers were honored during the "World Football Gala 1999". Voting process as explained by the IFFHS.
[edit] CAF Best Player of the Century
| Player Name | Points |
|---|---|
 George Weah |
95 |
| Roger Milla |
77 |
| Abédi Pelé |
72 |
| Lakhdar Belloumi |
56 |
| Rabah Madjer |
51 |
| Théophile Abega |
39 |
| Laurent Pokou |
38 |
 Kalusha Bwalya |
37 |
| Ahmed Faras |
35 |
| Finidi George |
32 |
[edit] CAF Best Goalkeeper Of The Century
| Player Name | Points |
|---|---|
| Joseph-Antoine Bell |
39 |
| Thomas Nkono |
30 |
| Sadok Sassi |
26 |
| Badou Zaki |
24 |
| Mwamba Kazadi |
19 |
| Jacques Songo'o |
13 |
| Bruce Grobbelaar |
11 |
| Ahmed Shobair |
10 |
| Alain Gouaméné |
9 |
| Peter Rufai |
6 |
[edit] CAF Best Women's Footballer Of The Century
| Player Name | Points |
|---|---|
| Uche Eucharia Ngozi |
21 |
| Rita Nwadike |
18 |
| Doris Nkiru Okosieme |
17 |
| Florence Omagbemi |
15 |
| Ann Chiojirie |
14 |
| Nana Ama Gyamfuah |
13 |
| Fikhile Sitole |
9 |
| Vivian Mensah |
8 |
| Mercy Akide |
7 |
| Ann Agumanu |
[edit] CAF Golden Jubille Best Player Award
The integral list of the 30 best African players in the last 50 years or the period 1957 - 2007[9].
| Player Name | Points |
|---|---|
| Roger Milla |
2246 |
| Mahmoud El Khatib |
2165 |
| Hossam Hassan |
2011 |
| Samuel Eto'o |
1840 |
| Abédi Pelé |
1783 |
| George Weah |
1604 |
| Didier Drogba |
1467 |
| Nwankwo Kanu |
1209 |
| Rabah Madjer |
1176 |
| Kalusha Bwalya |
1073 |
| Michael Essien |
996 |
| Augustine Okocha |
921 |
| Saleh Selim |
850 |
| Hacène Lalmas |
791 |
| Benedict Saul McCarthy |
782 |
| El Hadji Diouf |
711 |
| Noureddine Naybet |
692 |
| Rashidi Yekini |
649 |
| Hany Ramzy |
608 |
| Hassan Shehata |
605 |
| Lucas Radebe |
557 |
| Tarak Dhiab |
541 |
| Mohammed Timoumi |
539 |
| Anthony Yeboah |
511 |
| Salif Keita |
476 |
| Karim Abdul Razak |
430 |
| Samuel Osei Kuffour |
368 |
| Lakhdar Belloumi |
305 |
| Rigobert Song |
283 |
| Nasr El Din Abbas (Jaksa) |
202 |
[edit] CAF's Anthem
In September 18, 2007 the CAF launched a competition for all African composers to create its Anthem[10]. The CAF anthem is a musical composition, without lyrics, which and reflect the cultural patrimony and African music. The duration of the anthem is 74 seconds. The chosen anthem was first published to the site in January 16, 2008. The usage of the anthem and yet it's composer are still unknown.
[edit] References
- ^ "Confederation Cup". CAF. http://www.cafonline.com/index.php?lng=1&opt=44&cmpt=19&titre=Past%20Competitions. Retrieved on 2008-12-17.
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Men) - CAF Region". FIFA. 2008-12-07. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html#confederation=23913&rank=175. Retrieved on 2008-12-07.
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Women) - CAF Region". FIFA. 2008-11-12. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=f/fullranking.html#confederation=23913&rank=523. Retrieved on 2008-11-13.
- ^ "TOP 350 Club World Ranking". IFFHS. 2008-12-01. http://www.iffhs.de/?10f42e00fa2d17f73702fa3016e23c17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6f28f53512. Retrieved on 2008-12-10.
- ^ "African Club Ranking: Old-Time records from 1965 – 2007". CAF. 2008-05-08. http://www.cafonline.com/index.php?lng=1&cmpt=0&module=media&ANC=actualite&TNews=&idrub=97076&idnews=83214. Retrieved on 2008-11-13.
- ^ "Africa's Best Player of the Century". IFFHS. 1999-12-20. http://www.iffhs.de/?b40f8ca85bd0e027e8f05f5cfc5ffcc81314a433ccd40385fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeedb8a3f0e03790c443e0f4039041e. Retrieved on 2008-11-13.
- ^ "Africa's Best Goalkeeper of the Century". IFFHS. 1999-12-20. http://www.iffhs.de/?f8ca85bd0e027e8f05f5cfc5ffcc81308d85ff8b00388f05005fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeedb8a3f0e03790c443e0f40390b70e. Retrieved on 2008-11-13.
- ^ "Africa's Best Women's Footballer of the Century". IFFHS. 1999-12-10. http://www.iffhs.de/?42d03e32a16f43809fa3c17d73f17ff3204d23808f33717f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6e28fc380de43110f83d00e0a. Retrieved on 2008-11-13.
- ^ "CAF release 30 best African players in the last 50 years". CAF. 2007-08-11. http://www.cafonline.com/index.php?lng=1&module=media&idrub=94226&idnews=81898. Retrieved on 2008-11-13.
- ^ "Competition for the CAF's anthem". CAF. 2007-09-18. http://www.cafonline.com/index.php?lng=1&module=media&idrub=94637&idnews=82041. Retrieved on 208-11-13.
[edit] See also
- African Clubs
- History of CAF
- List of first international of African national teams
- African Cup of Nations
- African Nations Championship
- CAF 5-Year Ranking
- CAF Champions League
- CAF Confederation Cup
- CAF Super Cup
- CAF Cup
- African Cup Winners' Cup
[edit] External links
- Confederation Of African Football official CAF site
- CAF video highlights
- The history of the Confederation Of African Football
- Listen to CAF Anthem CAF Anthem
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